World Porifera Database - Species - Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850)

Porifera taxon details

Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850)

Spongia complanata Duchassaing, 1850

AphiaID

166665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166665)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Original name

Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850

Synonymised names

Haliclona (Amphimedon) complanata (Duchassaing, 1850) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Pachychalina variabilis Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 26 [details]

Type data

Lectotype (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de...

Holotype (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) BMNH 1928.11.12.63, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]

Lectotype (of Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02086, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]

Lectotype (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 113, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166665 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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original description (of Pachychalina variabilis Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). Observations on the West Indian Chalininae, with description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1887: 503-507.
page(s): 504 [details]

original description (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 26 [details]

original description (of Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 38 [details]

original description (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 39-40; pl V fig 1-2 [details]

context source (HKRMS) Lam KKY. (2001). Algal and sessile invertebrate recruitment onto an experimental PFA-concrete artificial reef in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 17. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 55-76. [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 62 (191): 1-173.
page(s): 31-33 [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam. 31: 1-39.
page(s): 19 [details]

additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. Museu Nacional, Série Livros. 300 pp.
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Sarmento, F.; Correia, M.D. (2002). Descrição de parâmetros ecológicos e morfológicos externos dos poríferos no recife de coral da Ponta Verde, Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoociências. 4(2): 215–226.
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Ulgalde, D., Gómez, P. & Simôes, N. (2015). Marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Gulf of México, new records and redescription of Erylus trisphaerus (de Laubenfels, 1953). Zootaxa. 3911 (2): 151-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.1
page(s): 174-175; fig 18A-C [details] Available for editors

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additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. PLoS ONE. 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
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additional source Anonymous. (2017). National List of Species of Korea - Invertebrates I. Porifera, Cnidaria, Bryozoa, Sipuncula, Gastrotricha, Echinodermata. i-xiv, 1-215.
page(s): 2017; note: Misapplication. See Callyspongia variabilis sensu Tanita, 1967. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. Beaufortia. 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 91 [details]

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. 86: 65-216.
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 62 (191): 1-173. [details]

basis of record (of Haliclona (Amphimedon) complanata (Duchassaing, 1850)) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. Experientia Supplementum. 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 62 (191): 1-173. [details]

basis of record (of Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 62 (191): 1-173. [details]

additional source (of Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 192 [details]

additional source (of Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. Zootaxa. 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 9 (21): 189-205. [details]

additional source (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg. 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581 [details]

additional source (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 9 (21): 189-205. [details]

additional source (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 37-38 [details]

additional source (of Pachychalina variabilis Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1890). Observations on the West-Indian Chalinine sponges, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 349-368, 6 pls.
page(s): 353 [details]